Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 146926

Plum and Camellia Branches

Artist / 作者
Nagayama Ko_choku
Date / 年代
1829
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / mia
Digital record / 画像記録
800 × 593 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Published by / 公開者
朝倉レン
Rights / 権利
Public Domain Mark only when record-designated
Attribution / 表記
Minneapolis Institute of Art

Catalog note / 解説

Plum and camellia trees both blossom in early spring. Since New Year's typically occurred in spring according to the traditional lunar calendar, these flowers came to be emblematic of renewal and regeneration in Japan. Housewives would cut branches from the trees, as seen here, and bring them indoors where the buds would open to form a festive decoration for New Year's celebrations.

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